strnlen - determine the length of a fixed-size string
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ strnlen() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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Description
The strnlen() function returns the number of bytes in the string pointed to by s, excluding the
terminating null byte ('\0'), but at most maxlen. In doing this, strnlen() looks only at the first
maxlen characters in the string pointed to by s and never beyond s[maxlen-1].
History
POSIX.1-2008.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
strnlen - determine the length of a fixed-size string
Return Value
The strnlen() function returns strlen(s), if that is less than maxlen, or maxlen if there is no null
terminating ('\0') among the first maxlen characters pointed to by s.
See Also
strlen(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-15 strnlen(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<string.h>size_tstrnlen(constchars[.maxlen],size_tmaxlen); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): strnlen(): Since glibc 2.10: _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L Before glibc 2.10: _GNU_SOURCE
